ASTM B541 Gold vs. C99600 Bronze
ASTM B541 gold belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C99600 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B541 gold and the bottom bar is C99600 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 150 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.0 to 14 | |
| 27 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 56 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1180 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 900 | |
| 250 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 90 | |
| 240 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1110 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 930 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 170 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 17 | |
| 8.1 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 65 to 91 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1090 to 3830 | |
| 210 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.4 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.0 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 19 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.8 to 14 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 36 to 63 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 13.5 to 15.5 | |
| 50.8 to 60 |
| Gold (Au), % | 70.5 to 72.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 39 to 45 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Platinum (Pt), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |